Bluetooth

See also: bluetooth

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).

• (networking): The networking standard is named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtuːθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblutuθ/

Proper noun

Bluetooth

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Bluetooth

Wikipedia

1. The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
2. (networking, trademark) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

Hyponyms

networking

• BLE

Derived terms

• BLE
• bluebugging
• bluejack
• bluejacker
• bluejacking
• bluesnarfing

Translations

nickname of a Danish king

Belarusian: Сінязу́бы m (Sinjazúby) Czech: Modrozub m Danish: Blåtand c Dutch: Blauwtand m Estonian: Sinihammas Faroese: Blátonn m Finnish: Sinihammas Georgian: ლურჯკბილა (lurǯḳbila) German: Blauzahn m Greek: Κυανόδους m (Kyanódous) Hungarian: Kékfogú Icelandic: Blátönn m Irish: Gormfhiacail m Italian: Dente Azzurro m Japanese: 青歯王 (せいしおう, Seishi-ō) Korean: 푸른 이빨 (pureun ippal) Latvian: Zilzobis m Lithuanian: Mėlyndantis m Norwegian: Nynorsk: Blåtann m Old Norse: Blátǫnn m Polish: Sinozęby m Russian: Синезу́бый m (Sinezúbyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Модрозуби m, Плавозуби m Roman: Modrozubi m, Plavozubi m Slovak: Modrozubý m Swedish: Blåtand c Ukrainian: Синьозу́бий m (Synʹozúbyj)

personal area wireless network

Arabic: بُلُوتُوث m (bulūtūṯ), بْلُوتُوث m (blūtūṯ) Gulf Arabic: بلوتوث m (blūtūṯ) Bulgarian: блуту́т m (blutút), блюту́т m (bljutút) Chinese: Cantonese: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (laam4 ngaa4) Mandarin: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (zh) (Lányá) Czech: Bluetooth m Danish: Bluetooth c Dutch: Bluetooth n Esperanto: Bludento Finnish: bluetooth French: Bluetooth (fr) m Georgian: ბლუთუზი (blutuzi) German: Bluetooth (de) m or n Hebrew: בלוטות׳ m Hindi: ब्लूटूथ m (blūṭūth), नीलादाँत m (nīlādā̃t) Hungarian: Bluetooth (hu) Italian: bluetooth (it) m Japanese: ブルートゥース (ja) (Burūtūsu), 青歯 (あおば, Aoba) (slang) Korean: 블루투스 (Beullutuseu) Macedonian: бљуту́т m (bljutút), блуту́т m (blutút) Malayalam: ബ്ലൂടൂത്ത് (blūṭūttŭ) Marathi: ब्ल्यूटूथ m (blyūṭūth) Mongolian: блүтүүт (blütüüt) Norwegian: Nynorsk: blåtann f Persian: بلوتوث Polish: Bluetooth m Portuguese: Bluetooth m Russian: блюту́с (ru) m (bljutús), блюту́з (ru) m (bljutúz), (colloquial) синезу́б (ru) m (sinezúb) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: блутут m, бљутут m Roman: blutut m Spanish: Bluetooth (es) m Swedish: blåtand c Tamil: புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt), (please verify) புளூட்டூத்து (ta) (puḷūṭṭūttu) Thai: บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut) Uyghur: كۆكچىش (kökchish) Vietnamese: bluetooth Yiddish: בלו טוט (blu tut)

Verb

Bluetooth (third-person singular simple present Bluetooths, present participle Bluetoothing, simple past and past participle Bluetoothed)

1. (ambitransitive, networking) To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
   • 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:

     The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.

   • 2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92:

     Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Bluetooth

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, a calque from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu.tus/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

Proper noun

Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluˈtut/

Proper noun

Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Bluetooth

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, a calque from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu.tuf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -utuf
• Syllabification: Blue‧tooth

Proper noun

Bluetooth n (indeclinable)

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Further reading

• Bluetooth in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Bluetooth

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbluˈtu.fi/, /ˌbluˈtu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbluˈtu/

• Rhymes: -ufi, -u

Proper noun

Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)